Makkah museum draws many visitors

The permanent exhibition of the Two Holy Mosques in the Umm Al-Joud neighborhood, near Makkah, has been receiving considerable attention from visitors and pilgrims to Makkah.
The exhibition showcases the history of the Grand Mosque in Makkah and the Prophet’s Mosque in Madinah since the early age of Islam.
The museum, which is close to the Kiswa factory, has been designed to receive 1,000 visitors a day.
The Presidency of the Two Holy Mosques exhibits all its antique artifacts, inscriptions and manuscripts related to the two mosques that came into its possession during repairs and developmental works.
Muhammad Al-Jabri, director of the exhibition, said the showpieces are displayed in seven halls. The first hall has a replica of the Grand Mosque, old and new photos of the two holy mosques, and the second hall preserves a 200 years old mimbar (pulpit). The third hall has the kiswas (Kaaba cover) of past centuries apart from an old pillar and a door of the Kaaba.
The remaining halls contain photographs, articles related to the Prophet’s Mosque and Zamzam well.
Another important piece is an enclosure withthe Maqam Ibrahim, the footprints of Prophet Ibrahim (peace be upon him).